Skype on PSP?

All of you PSP users, you're in for a delight. Sony is planning to team up with Skype to develop a version of Skype for PSP users. In about a couple months when the new PSP model, the P-2000, comes out, gamers will be able to install firmware which will allow them to use Skype on their gaming system and talk in WiFi hotspots. (Read original article)

I think that's a great move. Adding extra functionality usually broadens the audience. So you're thinking of buying a game system one day and you're comparing what to get. The PSP is sure to stand out here right? So what's a part of this new functionality?

1. Call PCs or PSPs that have Skype
2. Call regular/mobile phone
3. Get a phone number so PC/PSP Skype users can call

You won't be able to instant message and you will have to get a microphone and earbuds for the PSP, but you're adding phone functionality right?

So I've including all the above information so that you guys can know what's going on with this. I honestly think though that this is trying to make the PSP seem more like an iPhone. I mean you look at the PSP and the iPhone from a distance and they sorta look the same right? OK, maybe not that similar but it seems the PSP is trying to do the same thing though.

I think that all of these devices and companies are trying to do the same thing. They all seem to be trying to make some has-it-all device that will be all you need. Why carry around a phone and a PSP when you can carry just a PSP. Or why carry around a MP3 player, a phone and ...umm... a lot of stuff when you can just carry an iPhone?

There's an article ("Time to Do Everything Except Think" by David Brooks) that talks about a pretend society. Although it's an old article (April 2001), it talks about two people who are carrying devices that can do basically everything (it describes something like a Blackberry). The thing is, this article is starting to mimic what's going on now. David Brooks makes a lot of this stuff sound really bad and unhealthy. Sure to one extent it is, but I think it makes life a bit simpler too.

So as far as the PSP goes, you can choose to get that PSP with the phone or get an iPhone, but I don't really think it's really necessary. I'm into simplicity and I guess that also means not spending money. But whatever suits your life, I can understand your reasons if you get one too.